Sassy Sloppy Joes:  Weekend vibes and after cooking meals all week long I am not in the mood to slave over the stove for hours. I was watching Sunny Anderson on The Kitchen this weekend.  Sunny relayed that she learned how to cook because she was lazy and cheap. I feel that Sunny and I share that same concept. I am too lazy to get dressed up to go to the store and too lazy and cheap to go out to eat.  Getting food delivered is also expensive.  Take out is also not as delicious and nutritious than cooking meals at home. My mind seems to always be thinking about food. What can I make? How to make food I enjoyed from childhood from scratch?  Food from childhood with less of the canned and processed components that I grew up on.  This weekend I created what I am calling sassy sloppy joes.

We had been to the butcher recently and had a freezer full of ground sirloin.  I had already made hamburgers with one weekend with the ground sirloin.  Therefore, I though why not try to recreate the sloppy joes I had eaten and enjoyed from my childhood?  However, my childhood sloppy joe was with a canned version of sloppy joe.  I wanted to make a homemade version that didn’t use canned sloppy joe sauce.  I wanted to create a healthier spin on that same flavor with some sass added to it.  The sassiness comes from yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce and pickle juice.  The sloppy joes came out so delicious and flavorful.  The tart sweetness of the pickle juice combined with the tang of the yellow mustard and the umami of the Worcestershire sauce what a mouthwatering treat they were.

What Buns to use:

I chose sesame seed buns for this recipe.  The extra flavor of the sesame seeds on the buns, and they seem heartier than just a plain bun.  A potato flavored hamburger bun would work great with this recipe as well.